To make this video easier to use as a reference guide I have provided a list of links to topics in the video. -- TIMESTAMP LINKS BELOW!!-- Introduction 0:00 Names of the parts of a framing square...0:25 Face and back of the framing square...0:45 Ruled Subdivisions...1:04 12ths & 10ths and their uses...1:31 100ths scale and it's uses - Introduced...2:12 - used with brace scale...3:48 Brace Scale...2:33 Board Foot Table - introduced...4:08 - Board foot defined...4:18 - Explanation...4:33 - Used as a multiplication chart...6:07 Other chart and tables found on newer squares - Number of studs in a given wall length...7:12 - Convert fractional inches to decimal feet...7:44 - Convert roof pitch to degree...7:56 - Wood screw pilot hole sizes...8:10 - Convert fractional inches to decimal equivalent...8:18 The Octagon Scale...8:23 Roof Framing Rafter Tables...9:14 - Roof pitch explained...9:45 Drawing equilateral and 30/60/90 triangles...15:28 Finding the circumference of a circle...12:19 Finding the area of a larger circle with a sum equal to two smaller circles....13:14 Drawing a circle with a square in lieu of a compass...14:35 End cards...15:13
I was a framing contractor for 40 years, absolutely LOVED framing! I’ve been retired 16 years now bent over with arthritis, ringing ears from working without ear muffs. I miss building and the camaraderie with the guys. No fun getting old.
That sucks Dan. Sorry to hear it. I'm actually trying to move from construction to internet income but it's tough to leave the trades when you love the creative process so much.
After 35 yrs as a carpenter I had always asked why the young men aren't getting into this trade as I've always been proud of the trade and skill that I had learned over the years. A light bulb went off in my head and I just realized that the amount of geometry and advanced math that is involved with everything I do apparently isn't being taught in schools and those that try to enter this field are left frustrated to understand what we've kinda took for granted as "it's just part of the job" sorta thing. Here I was thinking this was general tool knowledge but I am pleased that you had the foresight to share this info with others that wanted to learn it. In my specialty, I do spiral walls, stairs and radius or elliptical vaults....since there is such an interest in our trade, if you know, you might give a video on Ptolemy's therom and it's relationship to our trade. If you like, message me and I'll give you the general break down and how I use it in my work.....great video.
Is that where the product of the diagonals of a four sided polygon equals the sum of the products of the opposing sides? (vertices must all land on a common circle)
joseph atterberry you are so correct. The more i watch these videos the more I realize that the true knowledge of mathematics and its fundamental uses have been robbed from us.
@@saltydog5197: The classes were dropped by whom, schools or students? Usually people study and learn what interests them which obviously makes them knowledgeable in those subjects. Nothing says one can't study music appreciation and geometry both or any other subjects for that matter. If there were no interest or need for various subjects they wouldn't be taught or sought to be learned. Students initially get a general education but can concentrate on a particular program of study as they progress.
Not to beat a dead horse but that doesn't sound like any school system with which I'm familiar. It is the responsibility of a school system to provide an education for all the students within its jurisdiction. It is the responsibility of the citizens and parents to oversee the school system and its effectiveness. Ultimately, it is the citizens and parents who determine the type and quality of education students receive. Beyond state requirements for an education, and any required classes for a particular curriculum, students can usually take whatever classes they want in schools I'm familiar with, and I suspect that can be said about most in the US.
Thank you. Although I am a 72 year old retired journeyman electrician, I find this knowledge fascinating and extremely useful. I have built many things around the house over the years and have managed to muddle my way through using books in the past and videos such as you have presented here.
I’m been in the building trades for over 20 years as a finish carpenter and always wanted to learn framing. finally told myself, learn how to read a framing square. I think learning to frame a house is key to a well rounded education in building a home. Your video is just what I’ve been looking for. Thank you. I’ll be reviewing the video many times.
You're welcome! I'm glad it's helping a fellow tradesman. The book "Steel Square" by Gilbert Townsend -- ( amzn.to/2NzNrgu ) is a great one for reference too.
Being a Finnish carpenter you should make an excellent framing carpenter. As a good Finnish work is in the details hopefully you will apply that same attention to detail to framing as plumb, level and square make Finnish work a lot easier.
GREAT VIDEO on the many uses of the ever-useful FRAMING SQUARE. I started as a apprentice in 1973 and had an amazing Foreman as my mentor. He must've like me because he never made me feel stupid asking questions. A lot of the time we didn't have the time at work so we would meet after work at his home. His wife was always friendly and brought us cool lemon-aid and sandwiches. I married their middle daughter in 1975...still together today. Anyway, to make a long story short he taught me to become an accomplished Journeyman and eventually a Foreman and 8yrs later a Project lead. Your video is spot on and thanks for the time you took to expertly explain and show these useful technics of what some call a scary tool. It was used by nearly every decent carpenter and some had more than one with different personal scribes for different tasks. I wore out more than a couple over the years...lines and numbers just wear out over time, or accidentally get even slightly bent rendering them useless. You just don't bend or hammer them straight and expect them to be accurate again. I applaud you and your skill teaching the new guys/gals and refreshing others of the multiple uses of the Framing Square. AGAIN, GREAT video and Thanks for a walk down memory lane...Ha ha ha.
@@Makebuildmodify I just happened onto your site and look forward to watching more. I expect you have your SHHTTUUFF ( I like made up words, they get attention and that's my intention...in a wholesome and good way of course) together if they are all as comprehensive as this one. I wish there were more like you doing what you do for the future of the Trades. I see newbies today just out of some trade school and wonder just what they're teaching these kids. I am most certainly not dissing them but they don't seem to know anything but how to spout big-fancy words and not much of the real and necessary nitty gritty of the trades. Your Video here is one that all should see if only to get a feel for how comprehensive construction can be made easier with the proper knowledge and use of such tools as the Framing Square. American was founded and built on the trades so no one should look down on them...or where would we be without them as a whole? We need more good tradesman (including more and more ladies) to sustain our great nation so with people like you TEACHING the future we still have some promise. I know it takes a BunchKess of time, a lot of effort and planning not to mention a whee-bit-o-pocket-jingle to put these out there...SO, Thank You for your channel and keep up the great work.
@@tealtazmanian966 You're correct about the effort. I can only create videos between projects. Sometimes that means not at all. I'd love, and will, to do more as time permits. Thanks for the kind words.
Oh man! I've been working with lumber and framing squares for many years, and you've finally demystified those numbers and charts! I'm not saying I memorized everything you covered in just one viewing, but this is super helpful and clear. Big thanks!
Your vast erudition regarding framing squares is utterly astonishing. And your voice is incredibly well modulated. You sound amazing -- very easy to listen to. What a joy to watch your video! You definitely earned a huge "like" -- and a new subscription from me.
Your extensive vernacular is flabbergasting! For real though, that was a great compliment! Well thought out, I applaud your efforts, I used to do the same when I was very impressed with someone’s work. Don’t stop!
My Grandfather was a Master Carpenter and brought his framing square to "Show & Tell" when I was in High school (1966) and gave the math department a math lesson using his square. Mystified even the Nerds.
Gary Finnstrom - I've seen "old timer" carpenters and machinists use the slide rule - squares and combination squares in some pretty amazing ways . My uncle was a carpenter and helped me with trigonometry homework in school . Still have my slide rules from high school and still not so great at using them . It is still interesting to think about early aerospace engineers designing the Apollo with slide rules .
There are no more "Master Carpenters". There are Master Electricians, but that designation was done away with in carpentry. I am a "Journeyman", and that is the highest designation. There are some "self proclaimed" masters, but it is bogus. We also don't make moldings with a Stanley 55 hand plane anymore. It is done with modern machinery. .
I used a Framing square all my life, cut commons and jacks but in my 38 years of building homes I didn't know some of the uses and wanted to say thanks. I'm retired, old, busted up but still have a great memory so maybe I'd be able to pass some of this off on my 3 grand sons and one grand daughter that's showing a great interest in Mathematics. I was able to do hypotenuse of triangles in my head, that and square root, which was a great help when setting forms. All other kids I've worked with whether I liked them or not were only interested in a payday, lol. Thank you, it was great video!
I use the common rafter length chart to get the hypotenuse of a given triangle all of the time. I just multiples of the length indicated on the square. It's a handy trick.
I got two framing squares from my grandfather who was a foreman for 44 years. Never knew how to use them properly because he passed when I was only 13. Now I know what all those numbers and charts mean. Thanks man. Now I can use them for more than just a straight edge. 😂
I didn't realize how versatile the square is and my favorite is the method for drawing a circle with a square. I hadn't seen that method before -- very simple and clever!
Great video, you've opened a whole new world to me, many thanks, I bought my first framing square only recently and now I can learn to use it properly, very well explained, although it will still take me a few views til it all sinks in, I bought two brass screw on pieces for marking out stairs etc without having to refer to markings once set up. Subscribed
I just watched your video on the speed square and this one and feel much better about getting back in carpentry. I have been a glazer for 5 years now and have been missing the thrill of roofs real bad and as of this year I got a promotion in the company to stove installer. Now I get to build chases and those two videos where just what the doctor ordered to bring back the good memories. Standing 70 ft off the ground running from end to end installing rafters. Those were the good days. Thanks for the amazing videos. You got a sub from me. Keep up the phenomenal job.
Great video , I bought my Stanley square in 1981 as a 4th year apprentis but never fully understood those charts till now , i was taught roofing and framing with geometry . I grew up in London England so when we replaced roofs on old Victorian or Georgian buildings we coppied the plumb cut and birds mouth cuts with 2 sliding bevels thanks a million
Another inspiring video on framing squares, cannot believe my ignorance of not learning this years ago. So far, I like the way you presented the board feet presentation and now understand the concept of the scale you used. Definitely keep up the good work.
I've been told all my life to go to college; get a real job, and that is exactly what I did. I wish I had just gone to a trade school. I wish I had learned all of this because I find it fascinating. Now I'm $20 grand in debt looking for jobs that don't exist. I just don't get the stigma that builders, tradesmen, etc... are low brow, ie stupid individuals. I mean, look at the forethought and wisdom that went into this simple but vastly complex and highly efficient tool. I tip my hat to those who make and use tools like this.
Thanks Scott. I think the stigma comes from the vast amount of hacks in the industry. Unfortunately there are only a few really good craftspeople in any community that really care. Of course this is only my opinion base from my experience. Thanks for watching!
I'm an engineer, educated to masters level, but dumped engineering and chose to work as a self employed builder. It gave me freedom from stupid bosses, and to work when and how I pleased. However, I was often annoyed, when my customers treated me like some sort of idiot, especially when I was doing work that they had neither the intelligence or the skills to do. One particular customer decided to get ''clever'' and decided she would not pay me for additional dry rot work, because I'd, ''damaged her gas pipe'' which was rusted through, and I'd traced it because I could smell gas in the basement. However, the job was to construct a 'through lounge' by forming an opening in a load bearing brick wall, on the ground floor of a three story building in London, and inserting a steel beam, but when I removed the covering plasterboard, I found it had already been done, and just covered with plasterboard, so she was due a refund of about a £1000, which I didnt pay her. The dry rot work came to £250! [Clever woman that!] I did everything, from chimney pots to foundations, interior or exterior. I've also worked as a forklift mechanic, fabricator/welder, Wireless tech in the RAF, and other various odd jobs. If you want a tip, get some training as a plumber, its a job thats always in demand, is relatively simple, as everything is visible, unlike electrics, also doesn't require practised eye to hand skills, AND, it cant be ''farmed out'' to India or elsewhere. Also it pays well! PS. Why do I call them ''stupid bosses''? Because they employ me to do a job, as I have the qualifications, and experience, (that they do not), and then want to tell me how I should do my job.
@@Makebuildmodify, you're absolutely right. Just look at any compilation of OSHA carpentry accident investigations for practically any time period. A review strongly suggests that he vast majority of "accidents" are the result of rank incompetence and/or stupidity by people who claimed years of knowledge and experience in carpentry. The industry is over-run by hacks masquerading as carpenters who pretend to have skills they never actually had.
Superb video. Brilliantly clear explanations and well paced with great reinforcement in each example. Now my thing that draws straight lines and right angles has so many more uses! Kudos!
Earned was an understatement. I am on information overload, mostly because I don’t do framing so essentially everything you said is a new concept. But your clear presentation of the information and your comfort with the information is great. I just subscribed
I worked 8+ years as a Carpenter in the course of my life (it put me thru College AND Graduate School!) I learned more about my Framing Square, an dhow to use it in the 1t minutes of this presentation than I did thru apprentice school and 8+ years working as a Journeyman. THANK YOU VERY MUCH! Think I'll go build somethin' !
I started fooling around with wood a few years ago.. and I learn and relearn so many things. I work by myself and don't have that third hand. Last year, I was making a frame for a table and was trying to get a tight corner fit. So I clamped a board on the inside of the frame and tapped it to corner joint. I just lightly tapped the clamped board.. and eureka.. it exerted the most amazing constant pressure on the corner. I'm sure it was easily 100s of pounds pressure. I learn things like this all the time.. carpentry is a mini applied physics course. Back to this tutorial.. if I see it right this is a 90 and two 45s.. so basically it's good old Pythagoras showing up. Loved the video. I never there were so many marks on the tools. Subscribed... When you have a slow day check my videos.
Yup, You're right about pythagorean theorem. If you watched until the end when I show the two smaller circles being converted into a larger one, that's the pythagorean theorem at work. Thanks for the sub!
Great video. This is such a gap filler for folks who don’t have carpentry and framing experience. I really enjoyed this and the speed square tutorial. I know I’ll be referring back to both of these again!
I am just a Harry Homeowner but this video will help me with carpentry projects around the home. Thank you. I do have a framing Square and a Speed Square but was only using them with 5% efficiency.
Great video. I really learned a lot. I just checked my square and all it has is a ruler on all four edges. I got hosed ! Now I know I need a better square. Thanks for the great video. Barry
That was the most informative video I've seen in a long time. Thank you! I always used it to check for square, and never really paid attention to all the charts and stuff. That was really neat at the end to use it to draw a circle. 😃
Great explanation, ..... I had forgotten how useful a square can be! I use it often for the rise to going ratio to make sure it's legal under the BCA "Building Code Australia" Thanks again.
Best video I've seen so far on the use of a square. I have the Essential Guide to the Steel Square book by Ken Horner and it's fantastic, but I really like being able to see the concepts demonstrated. You're very clear in your presentation. I'd definitely buy a set of instructional videos for tradesmen if you decide to make them. 🍻 Cheers.
Great learning video and well demonstrated. I am in the Philippines and will share this with the carpenters here if I can find one that has a carpenters square ..... The circle at the end made by a carpenters square and 2 nails was a great closer for this video....
great video.. explained so much... My dad had a 3rd grade education but could build amazing solid structures... He worked in the California Conservation Core building... I guess he must have learned there . I wish had kept his framing square. Thanks again
I'm not sure which I like more, that I learned "all" of the things I had no idea were on my square. Or that so many others (more skilled and experienced than I) help me feel less inadequate through my ignorance!Maybe now I can actually figure out how to cut that angle! Between this and the speed square video. Look out project, here I come!
*Very educational!* I've studied maths to various levels, up to including university, but never learned about framing squares. As Joe, below, says, schools just arent teaching the stuff I learned, even at secondary school. When I did an evening course on CAD, many years ago, (as an adult,) the other kids were having trouble, because they didnt have even basic drafting skills. I've just bought several used metal work and wood working machines, (from the UK) all from schools clearing their handicraft workshops. In my secondary school, in the 50's, we were expected to get jobs in manufacturing, so we were taught the necessary skills, very well. One school that I visited to buy machines, the work in the handicraft shop was being performed with toilet rolls and drinking straws, the sort of stuff that my kids were doing at nursery school! Deplorable!
@@Makebuildmodify Yup, its an ill wind that does nobody any good. However, the political ramifications are somewhat chilling. If you consider the original reason that universal education was introduced, was that the landed gentry were moving into manufacturing, in the early days of the industrial revolution, and needed people who could read, write, and count. Now, most manufacturing is performed by 'robot' machines, so they are no longer needed. In addition, once the peasants had education, they wanted the vote, something that had been the sole domain of the landed gentry, but if they didnt give it, they could see all their lovely profits disappearing so fast, that their eyes would water. Now what they want, is dumb-dumb's whose only interest is whats happening in the TV 'soaps.' and will go out and fight so that the armament factories can continue to make their $$billions. I have an ex RAF mate, in the UK, who I chat with periodically on Skype, and he complains that nobody he knows wants to discuss the things he's interested in, all they want to talk about, is, who's doing what, in the TV soaps.........! Anyway, thanks for posting the info. I have framing square that I've only used as a large square and was too busy to be concerned with the other uses, but will now have to study it more closely. These days, in France, I work mainly in metric, so will probably have to convert.
man i have been working with them since i was 10 i have never thought to even looked at the numbers on the square man i feel very dumb. right in front of me for yearsssssss thanks for the video its always good to learn something new thanks i know what i am going to spend some time learning now
Great video!! I knew about those numbers on my squares, but they way you explained them was excellent. May I suggest a video on the relationship of the square to the size of lumber, plywood, drywall, etc. Like how a sheet of plywood can be divided by 16" or 24" etc.
Excellent class I would love to master the framing square as you have, I’m impressed .you got a new sub ,hope to spend sometime looking at the rest of you videos. Great job!
So I started watching this thinking I knew just about all there is to know about using framing squares and low and behold... I didn't haha Nice work my friend! and I am sure everyone is already telling you this but, More videos! :)
I have 2 different sized framing squares and although I know they can do more than what I use them for, I didn't know what all that info was on them. Now I do! TY.
Really enjoyed this! I'm a carpenter's apprentice, this type of information is so valuable. I've been looking at the framing square a time or two and knew all those numbers meant something! I'm wondering if you'd be able to recommend a good resource for math as it pertains to carpenters/contractors? I'll have to re-watch this video another time or two to fully comprehend some of the more technical details behind what you explainee. I took a carpentry 101 course at my local college, but math was something they glossed over. Which I was disappointed in, that's something I really could have used a refresher on (I was the only one in the class that felt that way btw).I really enjoy understanding all the technical details behind what I'm doing. I feel it makes me a better carpenter, and just smarter as an individual. Thanks for the video!
Thanks! These books are old but they have all of the basics. They're also great to get an insight into the past work ethic. "Audels Carpenters and Builders Guide ( 1-4 Volumes )" Here's a link: amzn.to/2jHEhAa (affiliate link) You can also find sets on eBay.
I like that video and is saving a copy of it for later use since I have a carpenter's framing square and never used it though. That is plenty of useful information and I will try to remember it.
This is a good framing square video. I rarely ever used the board foot scale, because we rarely buy lumber by the board foot. At least not for construction. A mill work, guitar shop or specialty shop might. There is a way to draw a liptic arch using a square as well, and carpenters used to build "cradles" for brick masons. It involve using a ratio, and I am not sure I can describe it just in words. If I had video equipment, I would do this to pass on to future generations. I will tell you that knowing how to use that framing square on the job, separates the lead carpenter from everyone else.
Thrills me to know that there are still skilled craftsmen and women like you. I was taught some of those many years ago. I always enjoyed peoples faces when I used a framing square instead of a calculator. Its hard to find skilled workers nowadays.
Great video . I had a wood shop teacher in high school who discussed wall and roof framing with us . Fortunately for us ,there was a large home tract being built 2 blocks from school , we went on a field trip and saw what we learned in practice. 1970 . I don’t think schools today have shop classes, Iike wood shop metal and auto shop . To bad
To make this video easier to use as a reference guide I have provided a list of links to topics in the video.
-- TIMESTAMP LINKS BELOW!!--
Introduction 0:00
Names of the parts of a framing square...0:25
Face and back of the framing square...0:45
Ruled Subdivisions...1:04
12ths & 10ths and their uses...1:31
100ths scale and it's uses
- Introduced...2:12
- used with brace scale...3:48
Brace Scale...2:33
Board Foot Table
- introduced...4:08
- Board foot defined...4:18
- Explanation...4:33
- Used as a multiplication chart...6:07
Other chart and tables found on newer squares
- Number of studs in a given wall length...7:12
- Convert fractional inches to decimal feet...7:44
- Convert roof pitch to degree...7:56
- Wood screw pilot hole sizes...8:10
- Convert fractional inches to decimal equivalent...8:18
The Octagon Scale...8:23
Roof Framing Rafter Tables...9:14
- Roof pitch explained...9:45
Drawing equilateral and 30/60/90 triangles...15:28
Finding the circumference of a circle...12:19
Finding the area of a larger circle with a sum equal to two smaller circles....13:14
Drawing a circle with a square in lieu of a compass...14:35
End cards...15:13
Make Build Modify i love the circle part thxs
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I was a framing contractor for 40 years, absolutely LOVED framing! I’ve been retired 16 years now bent over with arthritis, ringing ears from working without ear muffs. I miss building and the camaraderie with the guys. No fun getting old.
That sucks Dan. Sorry to hear it. I'm actually trying to move from construction to internet income but it's tough to leave the trades when you love the creative process so much.
40 years got me two metal knees and two metal shoulders got the rest too.
After 35 yrs as a carpenter I had always asked why the young men aren't getting into this trade as I've always been proud of the trade and skill that I had learned over the years. A light bulb went off in my head and I just realized that the amount of geometry and advanced math that is involved with everything I do apparently isn't being taught in schools and those that try to enter this field are left frustrated to understand what we've kinda took for granted as "it's just part of the job" sorta thing. Here I was thinking this was general tool knowledge but I am pleased that you had the foresight to share this info with others that wanted to learn it. In my specialty, I do spiral walls, stairs and radius or elliptical vaults....since there is such an interest in our trade, if you know, you might give a video on Ptolemy's therom and it's relationship to our trade. If you like, message me and I'll give you the general break down and how I use it in my work.....great video.
Is that where the product of the diagonals of a four sided polygon equals the sum of the products of the opposing sides? (vertices must all land on a common circle)
joseph atterberry Sounds cool..
joseph atterberry you are so correct. The more i watch these videos the more I realize that the true knowledge of mathematics and its fundamental uses have been robbed from us.
@@saltydog5197: The classes were dropped by whom, schools or students? Usually people study and learn what interests them which obviously makes them knowledgeable in those subjects. Nothing says one can't study music appreciation and geometry both or any other subjects for that matter. If there were no interest or need for various subjects they wouldn't be taught or sought to be learned. Students initially get a general education but can concentrate on a particular program of study as they progress.
Not to beat a dead horse but that doesn't sound like any school system with which I'm familiar. It is the responsibility of a school system to provide an education for all the students within its jurisdiction. It is the responsibility of the citizens and parents to oversee the school system and its effectiveness. Ultimately, it is the citizens and parents who determine the type and quality of education students receive. Beyond state requirements for an education, and any required classes for a particular curriculum, students can usually take whatever classes they want in schools I'm familiar with, and I suspect that can be said about most in the US.
Thank you. Although I am a 72 year old retired journeyman electrician, I find this knowledge fascinating and extremely useful. I have built many things around the house over the years and have managed to muddle my way through using books in the past and videos such as you have presented here.
That's great to hear. Isn't TH-cam great?!
I’m been in the building trades for over 20 years as a finish carpenter and always wanted to learn framing. finally told myself, learn how to read a framing square. I think learning to frame a house is key to a well rounded education in building a home. Your video is just what I’ve been looking for. Thank you. I’ll be reviewing the video many times.
You're welcome! I'm glad it's helping a fellow tradesman. The book "Steel Square" by Gilbert Townsend -- ( amzn.to/2NzNrgu ) is a great one for reference too.
Being a Finnish carpenter you should make an excellent framing carpenter. As a good Finnish work is in the details hopefully you will apply that same attention to detail to framing as plumb, level and square make Finnish work a lot easier.
My head is spinning. What genius came up with all these charts and methods? Truly amazing.
I know, right?!
one of the best, clearest, most helpful videos I have ever watched on TH-cam. thank you
Thanks! Glad you liked it!
@@Makebuildmodify I had to rewatch the part about the board feet. Now I know how to figure board feet.
GREAT VIDEO on the many uses of the ever-useful FRAMING SQUARE.
I started as a apprentice in 1973 and had an amazing Foreman as my mentor. He must've like me because he never made me feel stupid asking questions. A lot of the time we didn't have the time at work so we would meet after work at his home. His wife was always friendly and brought us cool lemon-aid and sandwiches. I married their middle daughter in 1975...still together today.
Anyway, to make a long story short he taught me to become an accomplished Journeyman and eventually a Foreman and 8yrs later a Project lead.
Your video is spot on and thanks for the time you took to expertly explain and show these useful technics of what some call a scary tool.
It was used by nearly every decent carpenter and some had more than one with different personal scribes for different tasks. I wore out more than a couple over the years...lines and numbers just wear out over time, or accidentally get even slightly bent rendering them useless. You just don't bend or hammer them straight and expect them to be accurate again.
I applaud you and your skill teaching the new guys/gals and refreshing others of the multiple uses of the Framing Square.
AGAIN, GREAT video and Thanks for a walk down memory lane...Ha ha ha.
Wow! Thank you for watching and commenting! I happy to have brought back some good memories.
@@Makebuildmodify I just happened onto your site and look forward to watching more. I expect you have your SHHTTUUFF ( I like made up words, they get attention and that's my intention...in a wholesome and good way of course) together if they are all as comprehensive as this one.
I wish there were more like you doing what you do for the future of the Trades. I see newbies today just out of some trade school and wonder just what they're teaching these kids. I am most certainly not dissing them but they don't seem to know anything but how to spout big-fancy words and not much of the real and necessary nitty gritty of the trades.
Your Video here is one that all should see if only to get a feel for how comprehensive construction can be made easier with the proper knowledge and use of such tools as the Framing Square.
American was founded and built on the trades so no one should look down on them...or where would we be without them as a whole? We need more good tradesman (including more and more ladies) to sustain our great nation so with people like you TEACHING the future we still have some promise.
I know it takes a BunchKess of time, a lot of effort and planning not to mention a whee-bit-o-pocket-jingle to put these out there...SO, Thank You for your channel and keep up the great work.
@@tealtazmanian966 You're correct about the effort. I can only create videos between projects. Sometimes that means not at all. I'd love, and will, to do more as time permits. Thanks for the kind words.
Oh man! I've been working with lumber and framing squares for many years, and you've finally demystified those numbers and charts! I'm not saying I memorized everything you covered in just one viewing, but this is super helpful and clear. Big thanks!
Thanks! Glad it helped! I put all the timestamps in the description so you can come back and jump to any part you like.
I just noticed your timestamps in the description, as well as your Instagram link. That's a lot of work (the timestamps) and much appreciated
yes you are very right i wonder why it was not taught in shop class it should been a 101 right off the bat
Your vast erudition regarding framing squares is utterly astonishing. And your voice is incredibly well modulated. You sound amazing -- very easy to listen to. What a joy to watch your video! You definitely earned a huge "like" -- and a new subscription from me.
Wow, thank you!
Your extensive vernacular is flabbergasting! For real though, that was a great compliment! Well thought out, I applaud your efforts, I used to do the same when I was very impressed with someone’s work. Don’t stop!
Wow, a flashbulb just went off in my brain! Thank you for the explanations. You, sir, are a great teacher.
Good to hear David. Thanks for watching!
My Grandfather was a Master Carpenter and brought his framing square to "Show & Tell" when I was in High school (1966) and gave the math department a math lesson using his square. Mystified even the Nerds.
They sure did know their way around a framing square back in the day.
almost like using a slid rulers
i have seen old timers still use a slide ruler and out due most people with calculators
Gary Finnstrom - I've seen "old timer" carpenters and machinists use the slide rule - squares and combination squares in some pretty amazing ways . My uncle was a carpenter and helped me with trigonometry homework in school .
Still have my slide rules from high school and still not so great at using them . It is still interesting to think about early aerospace engineers designing the Apollo with slide rules .
There are no more "Master Carpenters". There are Master Electricians, but that designation was done away with in carpentry. I am a "Journeyman", and that is the highest designation. There are some "self proclaimed" masters, but it is bogus. We also don't make moldings with a Stanley 55 hand plane anymore. It is done with modern machinery.
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@@tedrowland7800 maybe thats why they dont call them masters anymore?
I used a Framing square all my life, cut commons and jacks but in my 38 years of building homes I didn't know some of the uses and wanted to say thanks. I'm retired, old, busted up but still have a great memory so maybe I'd be able to pass some of this off on my 3 grand sons and one grand daughter that's showing a great interest in Mathematics. I was able to do hypotenuse of triangles in my head, that and square root, which was a great help when setting forms. All other kids I've worked with whether I liked them or not were only interested in a payday, lol. Thank you, it was great video!
I use the common rafter length chart to get the hypotenuse of a given triangle all of the time. I just multiples of the length indicated on the square. It's a handy trick.
I got two framing squares from my grandfather who was a foreman for 44 years. Never knew how to use them properly because he passed when I was only 13. Now I know what all those numbers and charts mean. Thanks man. Now I can use them for more than just a straight edge. 😂
There a great tool. I bet your grandfather used every bit of the information on them. Thanks!
I didn't realize how versatile the square is and my favorite is the method for drawing a circle with a square. I hadn't seen that method before -- very simple and clever!
Thanks Wayne!
Justin, this is such valuable stuff and you sir are a great teacher. I could listen to you all day! Thank you for doing this video.
Thanks Bernie!
Works by Solo I so agree with what you wrote.....this guy should have his own construction tv show.
I have picked up bits and pieces of using a framing square, but having it all here in one clear video is great. Well done. I have subscribed.
Awesome! Thanks for the sub!
Great video, you've opened a whole new world to me, many thanks, I bought my first framing square only recently and now I can learn to use it properly, very well explained, although it will still take me a few views til it all sinks in, I bought two brass screw on pieces for marking out stairs etc without having to refer to markings once set up. Subscribed
That's great! You'll find that the framing square can be very useful. Thanks for the sub!
Just OMG. Never knew ANY of that stuff. Golden Buzzer Winner for most useful TH-cam Video of the Year Award. Thanks! Cheers, Chris.
Thanks Chris!
I just watched your video on the speed square and this one and feel much better about getting back in carpentry. I have been a glazer for 5 years now and have been missing the thrill of roofs real bad and as of this year I got a promotion in the company to stove installer. Now I get to build chases and those two videos where just what the doctor ordered to bring back the good memories. Standing 70 ft off the ground running from end to end installing rafters. Those were the good days. Thanks for the amazing videos. You got a sub from me. Keep up the phenomenal job.
I love it! I'm happy to hear it. Thanks for sharing and for the sub!
Great video , I bought my Stanley square in 1981 as a 4th year apprentis but never fully understood those charts till now , i was taught roofing and framing with geometry . I grew up in London England so when we replaced roofs on old Victorian or Georgian buildings we coppied the plumb cut and birds mouth cuts with 2 sliding bevels thanks a million
Wow! That sounds like fun! Thanks for watching!
Another inspiring video on framing squares, cannot believe my ignorance of not learning this years ago. So far, I like the way you presented the board feet presentation and now understand the concept of the scale you used. Definitely keep up the good work.
Thanks! I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for the feedback.
I've been told all my life to go to college; get a real job, and that is exactly what I did. I wish I had just gone to a trade school. I wish I had learned all of this because I find it fascinating. Now I'm $20 grand in debt looking for jobs that don't exist. I just don't get the stigma that builders, tradesmen, etc... are low brow, ie stupid individuals. I mean, look at the forethought and wisdom that went into this simple but vastly complex and highly efficient tool. I tip my hat to those who make and use tools like this.
Thanks Scott. I think the stigma comes from the vast amount of hacks in the industry. Unfortunately there are only a few really good craftspeople in any community that really care. Of course this is only my opinion base from my experience. Thanks for watching!
I am finding myself in the exact same situation as you @Scott Berry.
I'm an engineer, educated to masters level, but dumped engineering and chose to work as a self employed builder. It gave me freedom from stupid bosses, and to work when and how I pleased.
However, I was often annoyed, when my customers treated me like some sort of idiot, especially when I was doing work that they had neither the intelligence or the skills to do.
One particular customer decided to get ''clever'' and decided she would not pay me for additional dry rot work, because I'd, ''damaged her gas pipe'' which was rusted through, and I'd traced it because I could smell gas in the basement. However, the job was to construct a 'through lounge' by forming an opening in a load bearing brick wall, on the ground floor of a three story building in London, and inserting a steel beam, but when I removed the covering plasterboard, I found it had already been done, and just covered with plasterboard, so she was due a refund of about a £1000, which I didnt pay her. The dry rot work came to £250! [Clever woman that!]
I did everything, from chimney pots to foundations, interior or exterior. I've also worked as a forklift mechanic, fabricator/welder, Wireless tech in the RAF, and other various odd jobs.
If you want a tip, get some training as a plumber, its a job thats always in demand, is relatively simple, as everything is visible, unlike electrics, also doesn't require practised eye to hand skills, AND, it cant be ''farmed out'' to India or elsewhere.
Also it pays well!
PS. Why do I call them ''stupid bosses''? Because they employ me to do a job, as I have the qualifications, and experience, (that they do not), and then want to tell me how I should do my job.
@@Makebuildmodify, you're absolutely right. Just look at any compilation of OSHA carpentry accident investigations for practically any time period. A review strongly suggests that he vast majority of "accidents" are the result of rank incompetence and/or stupidity by people who claimed years of knowledge and experience in carpentry. The industry is over-run by hacks masquerading as carpenters who pretend to have skills they never actually had.
You are very articulate and very well spoken, that results in finally understanding what is being taught.
Thank you for that!
Razor!
Thanks for watching!
Superb video. Brilliantly clear explanations and well paced with great reinforcement in each example. Now my thing that draws straight lines and right angles has so many more uses! Kudos!
Glad you like it Ed. Thanks for watching!
I am finish/trim carpenter i have framing square rarely use it now learned few tricks and tips will find more uses for it, thanks!
Glad there was something in the video for you! Thanks for watching!
Earned was an understatement. I am on information overload, mostly because I don’t do framing so essentially everything you said is a new concept. But your clear presentation of the information and your comfort with the information is great. I just subscribed
Awesome! Thanks for the Sub and the compliments!
I worked 8+ years as a Carpenter in the course of my life (it put me thru College AND Graduate School!) I learned more about my Framing Square, an dhow to use it in the 1t minutes of this presentation than I did thru apprentice school and 8+ years working as a Journeyman. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
Think I'll go build somethin' !
Awesome! That's great to hear!
I started fooling around with wood a few years ago.. and I learn and relearn so many things. I work by myself and don't have that third hand. Last year, I was making a frame for a table and was trying to get a tight corner fit. So I clamped a board on the inside of the frame and tapped it to corner joint. I just lightly tapped the clamped board.. and eureka.. it exerted the most amazing constant pressure on the corner. I'm sure it was easily 100s of pounds pressure. I learn things like this all the time.. carpentry is a mini applied physics course. Back to this tutorial.. if I see it right this is a 90 and two 45s.. so basically it's good old Pythagoras showing up. Loved the video. I never there were so many marks on the tools. Subscribed... When you have a slow day check my videos.
Yup, You're right about pythagorean theorem. If you watched until the end when I show the two smaller circles being converted into a larger one, that's the pythagorean theorem at work. Thanks for the sub!
Really interesting video! Love your presentation and superb explanation of all the topics you cover! Thank you
Thanks James!
Great video. This is such a gap filler for folks who don’t have carpentry and framing experience. I really enjoyed this and the speed square tutorial. I know I’ll be referring back to both of these again!
Thanks! I'm glad they were helpful to you. Thanks for watching!
I really like these series, an eye opener. But I am so glad in the UK we have gone metric, sooo much easier. Thanks again.
Metric does have its advantages.
I am just a Harry Homeowner but this video will help me with carpentry projects around the home. Thank you. I do have a framing Square and a Speed Square but was only using them with 5% efficiency.
You're welcome. It's good to hear that my videos are helpful. Thanks!
Great video. I really learned a lot. I just checked my square and all it has is a ruler on all four edges. I got hosed ! Now I know I need a better square.
Thanks for the great video.
Barry
Glad it was helpful!
Justin, I have learned so much information regarding the framing square basics. You are a very excellent instructor. Mahalo.
You're welcome. I'm glad it helped. Thank for watching!
I've been using squares for 40 years and never knew 1/2 of this stuff. Big thanks!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
That was the most informative video I've seen in a long time. Thank you!
I always used it to check for square, and never really paid attention to all the charts and stuff. That was really neat at the end to use it to draw a circle. 😃
Glad you liked it. Thanks for letting me know!
Great explanation, ..... I had forgotten how useful a square can be! I use it often for the rise to going ratio to make sure it's legal under the BCA "Building Code Australia" Thanks again.
Agreed. Very useful indeed.
This is SO helpful. I've been putting off building a roof purely because I didn't understand this stuff. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Best video I've seen so far on the use of a square. I have the Essential Guide to the Steel Square book by Ken Horner and it's fantastic, but I really like being able to see the concepts demonstrated. You're very clear in your presentation. I'd definitely buy a set of instructional videos for tradesmen if you decide to make them. 🍻 Cheers.
Awesome, thank you!
My mind imploded by minute two... So much great information. I need to watch it in baby steps. :-D
Thanks! I put links to different timestamps in the description for reference.
Great learning video and well demonstrated. I am in the Philippines and will share this with the carpenters here if I can find one that has a carpenters square ..... The circle at the end made by a carpenters square and 2 nails was a great closer for this video....
Please do! Thanks for watching all the way to the end.
thanks for taking the time to make this video. very easy to understand and helpful.
Glad it was helpful!
wonderful!
very well explained
always wondered about this stuff
can you please do another one explaining women
Ha! I wish!
Lol I wanna see that too
I've looked over every inch a bunch of times, but never found any helpful charts.
An occasional rose or dolphin tattoo, but no user charts.
Great info, thanks for sharing!
I cannot understand how someone can give this instructional video a thumbs down.
Thanks! I guess it's not for everyone.
great video.. explained so much... My dad had a 3rd grade education but could build amazing solid structures... He worked in the California Conservation Core building... I guess he must have learned there . I wish had kept his framing square. Thanks again
You bet. Thanks for watching!
Very nice video
I need to watch it several times to catch on!
Thank you!
I have lots of fun with the guys regarding the framing square with tricks and all, But you sir, make me look like a first year apprentice.
Awwwwwman, thanks!
excellent! thanks for NOT having music playing while you are talking.
Thanks for watching!
Nice work. Best I've heard it explained ever.
Thanks Dan!
Calculating the area of ducts exploded my brain
Thanks, teacher 👍
You're welcome 😊
Thought i knew everything that you can do with the framing square. You're last few tricks proved me wrong. Thanks for that!
Thanks for watching Brandon!
I'm not sure which I like more, that I learned "all" of the things I had no idea were on my square. Or that so many others (more skilled and experienced than I) help me feel less inadequate through my ignorance!Maybe now I can actually figure out how to cut that angle! Between this and the speed square video. Look out project, here I come!
Glad to hear that it helped! Thank for watching.
AND you offer Closed Captioning! Best of luck to you building your You Tube Business. You're certainly providing top shelf content!
Wow! I’m saving this for future reference. Incredible amount of information.
Great to hear! Thanks for letting me know it was helpful!
I really needed this refreshing course. I also learned a few new tips. Thank you.
You're welcome Chuck. I'm glad it was helpful to you.
Great video you are very smart, I enjoy learning the math that helps me build houses easier, better and more accurate
Thank you!
*Very educational!* I've studied maths to various levels, up to including university, but never learned about framing squares.
As Joe, below, says, schools just arent teaching the stuff I learned, even at secondary school.
When I did an evening course on CAD, many years ago, (as an adult,) the other kids were having trouble, because they didnt have even basic drafting skills.
I've just bought several used metal work and wood working machines, (from the UK) all from schools clearing their handicraft workshops. In my secondary school, in the 50's, we were expected to get jobs in manufacturing, so we were taught the necessary skills, very well.
One school that I visited to buy machines, the work in the handicraft shop was being performed with toilet rolls and drinking straws, the sort of stuff that my kids were doing at nursery school!
Deplorable!
That's too bad. But It sounds like you got some good tools from the circumstance.
@@Makebuildmodify
Yup, its an ill wind that does nobody any good.
However, the political ramifications are somewhat chilling.
If you consider the original reason that universal education was introduced, was that the landed gentry were moving into manufacturing, in the early days of the industrial revolution, and needed people who could read, write, and count. Now, most manufacturing is performed by 'robot' machines, so they are no longer needed. In addition, once the peasants had education, they wanted the vote, something that had been the sole domain of the landed gentry, but if they didnt give it, they could see all their lovely profits disappearing so fast, that their eyes would water.
Now what they want, is dumb-dumb's whose only interest is whats happening in the TV 'soaps.' and will go out and fight so that the armament factories can continue to make their $$billions.
I have an ex RAF mate, in the UK, who I chat with periodically on Skype, and he complains that nobody he knows wants to discuss the things he's interested in, all they want to talk about, is, who's doing what, in the TV soaps.........!
Anyway, thanks for posting the info.
I have framing square that I've only used as a large square and was too busy to be concerned with the other uses, but will now have to study it more closely.
These days, in France, I work mainly in metric, so will probably have to convert.
man i have been working with them since i was 10 i have never thought to even looked at the numbers on the square man i feel very dumb. right in front of me for yearsssssss thanks for the video its always good to learn something new thanks i know what i am going to spend some time learning now
Wow, that's great to hear! Thanks for watching and learning!
Simply Great. I subscribed after the first video.
Awesome! Thanks for the Sub!
AWESOME video!! Really clarifies all those numbers that are printed on them, definitely have to save for reference.
Thanks Bruno!
Great video!! I knew about those numbers on my squares, but they way you explained them was excellent. May I suggest a video on the relationship of the square to the size of lumber, plywood, drywall, etc. Like how a sheet of plywood can be divided by 16" or 24" etc.
That's a good idea. Thanks!
Excellent class I would love to master the framing square as you have, I’m impressed .you got a new sub ,hope to spend sometime looking at the rest of you videos. Great job!
Thanks for the sub!
A lot of useful information. Thanks a lot.
Glad it was helpful!
Good basic lessons well explained
47 years using this square...Blue Grass
Thanks! Glad you liked it.
So I started watching this thinking I knew just about all there is to know about using framing squares and low and behold... I didn't haha
Nice work my friend! and I am sure everyone is already telling you this but, More videos! :)
Thanks Dave!
But how do you cut stairs? haha
I have 2 different sized framing squares and although I know they can do more than what I use them for, I didn't know what all that info was on them. Now I do! TY.
You're welcome. Thanks for watching, Terry!
You're welcome.
Would you please consider doing more videos on the framing square, I found this very interesting
Thank you! I just might.
Awesome video, Justin! There was a TON of info there, and much of it, I didn't know.
Thanks Bruce!
The video content is very rich and profound. I like it very much!.✊
Glad you enjoy it!
GREAT VIDEIO -YOU have the gift of teaching
I appreciate that!
I'm so going to pester you with questions when and if I ever build my shed. Good stuff man keep it coming!
Any time Dan.
Really enjoyed this! I'm a carpenter's apprentice, this type of information is so valuable. I've been looking at the framing square a time or two and knew all those numbers meant something! I'm wondering if you'd be able to recommend a good resource for math as it pertains to carpenters/contractors? I'll have to re-watch this video another time or two to fully comprehend some of the more technical details behind what you explainee. I took a carpentry 101 course at my local college, but math was something they glossed over. Which I was disappointed in, that's something I really could have used a refresher on (I was the only one in the class that felt that way btw).I really enjoy understanding all the technical details behind what I'm doing. I feel it makes me a better carpenter, and just smarter as an individual.
Thanks for the video!
Thanks! These books are old but they have all of the basics. They're also great to get an insight into the past work ethic. "Audels Carpenters and Builders Guide ( 1-4 Volumes )" Here's a link: amzn.to/2jHEhAa (affiliate link) You can also find sets on eBay.
adam nichols when u go to trade school u will go over this square in detail dont worry
@@Makebuildmodify GREAT BOOKS!
52 years a journey man . 45 years my father befor me. Working camp jobs the old guys were always showing off and teaching with their framing squares.
Yeah, the old timers know their stuff.
What a great and useful presentation. Thank you Sir!
You bet! Thanks for watching Skip.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. This is really helpful.
Thanks for watching!
A very informative video. I'm going to look at my framing square and try some of these.
It's good to practice and experiment with them.
Now I wish I paid attention in school! Good video very informative.
Thank you!
Thanks for such a clear explanation!
You're welcome. Thanks for watching!
I like that video and is saving a copy of it for later use since I have a carpenter's framing square and never used it though. That is plenty of useful information and I will try to remember it.
Thanks for watching Sidney!
first class bro "we keep what we have by giving it away" g d bless
Thank you!
Hey bud this was the second video that I watched and I really appreciate your information! I just subscribed. Thank you for sharing.
Awesome! Thanks for the Sub! Glad you liked the video.
Thanks for video. I learned something new. You explained it so simple
Thanks for watching!
Excellent Video, well explained thanks very much !!!
You are welcome!
Thank you. I used these tools to cut a square end but that was it. Will finish when rested up.
You're welcome.
Late to the party, as usual! I have but one comment about this video, GOLD, PURE GOLD!
Thank you!
Dude, excellent stuff, and explained well.
Thanks!
That’s some good old fashion schooling,thanks a lot
Glad you enjoyed it.
That last circle trick was great!
Thanks!
I really appreciate this Justin!
You're welcome. Thanks and for watching!
This is a good framing square video. I rarely ever used the board foot scale, because we rarely buy lumber by the board foot. At least not for construction. A mill work, guitar shop or specialty shop might. There is a way to draw a liptic arch using a square as well, and carpenters used to build "cradles" for brick masons. It involve using a ratio, and I am not sure I can describe it just in words. If I had video equipment, I would do this to pass on to future generations. I will tell you that knowing how to use that framing square on the job, separates the lead carpenter from everyone else.
The elliptical arch sound interesting. I'll have to give it a go.
@@Makebuildmodify I have sent you an email. It has a Word attachment explaining how with diagrams. Let me know if you have any questions.
Things like this make me glad we (mostly) use metric here in the UK. Very informative video nonetheless, really enjoy your content!
Thanks!
Thrills me to know that there are still skilled craftsmen and women like you. I was taught some of those many years ago. I always enjoyed peoples faces when I used a framing square instead of a calculator. Its hard to find skilled workers nowadays.
Thanks!
One look at this fellows right thumb, I knew I found the right video to watch.
Haha! Yeah, I did some damage to that thumb about 20 years ago. It's never been the same since.
Excellent treatise! I'm coming back to this!
Thanks Marsh!
Such a incredible mass of information Justin! Great work!😊👊
Thanks Jed!
Make Build Modify you're very welcome!
A circle is hidden within the square.
Excellent video!
Thanks!
Great video . I had a wood shop teacher in high school who discussed wall and roof framing with us . Fortunately for us ,there was a large home tract being built 2 blocks from school , we went on a field trip and saw what we learned in practice. 1970 . I don’t think schools today have shop classes, Iike wood shop metal and auto shop . To bad
Sadly shop class is a thing of the past in most schools.
I have never used one of these before, so much information that I'm just overwhelmed and more confused than ever.
That's why I recorded it. So you can play it as many times as you need.
Im not a carpenter but i was interested in learning how to use one. Thanks for the vid
You bet. Thanks for watching!
THANKS... FOR THE TIPS TECHNIC AND YOUR SKILLS...
You bet! Thank for watching!